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Originally Posted by Horemheb
This is just not true. Apple wants money exactly for nothing. If you think there is value added in Apple's "service" I am sure you can point it out in the examples I drew up in this post and you can answer all 3 questions. |
Your post refers to ebooks. As yet there is no confirmation that Apple's new rules will slap 30% on individual ebook sales. If that turns out to be true then I'll agree that they are not providing any service for sales of that sort of content.
However,
as written, the new rules apply to subscriptions. Apple
will be providing a service, namely:
- taking and processing registrations
- tracking the renewal cycle
- notifying the publisher when the next issue is due and making it available
- managing and securing the customer data
- answering subscription queries
- dealing with mistakes
- processing refunds
- processing cancellations
The iniquitous parts are the size of the fee and the fact that they are making it mandatory to use the service within the app.
Graham